1176 CAREX. [CLASS XXI. ORDER III. 
rib, terminating in a point, and mostly rough. uit ovate, somewhat 
inflated, triquetrous, striated, terminating in a flattish rather long 
beak, deeply bifid at the apex, and rough on the margins, longer than 
the scales- Stigmas three. 
Habitat.—Marshy and boggy places in several parts of England 
and Scotland; Anglesea and Belfast, Ireland. 
Perennial ; flowering in June. 
Readily distinguished by its lanceolate scales and the green fruit, 
with its long flat rough margined beak. It is a larger stouter plant 
than any other of the species of this section. 
44, C. depaupera'ta, Gooden. (Fig. 1426.) Starved Wood Caren. 
Barren spikelet solitary, with oblong acute scales; fertile three, 
distant, few flowered, on long slender peduncles; bracteas leafy, 
sheathing ; fruit large, globoso-inflated, striated, with a long slender 
beak, bifid, pointed, longer than the ovate lanceolate scales; leaves 
linear, rough ; stem smooth ; root somewhat creeping. 
English Botany, t. 1298.—English Flora, vol. iv. p. 97—Hooker, 
British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i. p. 340.—Lindley, Synopsis, p. 287. 
Root somewhat creeping. Stem erect, from twelve to eighteen 
inches high, obtusely angular, smooth, except towards the top it is 
often roughish, leafy. Zeaves linear, bright green, rough on the 
edges and keel, with long close sheaths, striated. Bracteas long, 
leafy, erect, with short sheaths. Barren spikelets solitary, terminal, 
linear, with oblong acute brown scales, with a narrow pale thin mem- 
branous margin, often torn, and a pale mid-rib terminating below the 
point, fertile two or three, distant, of about five florets, lax, erect, on 
a slender peduncle. Scales ovate lanceolate, green, with a broad pale 
membranous margin. Fruit large, globoso-inflated, smooth green, 
numerously striated, with a long narrow straight bifid, beak smooth, 
or somewhat rough on the margins. Stigmas three. 
Habitat—Dry Woods; rare. Godalming, Surrey ; Charlton Wood, 
Kent; and near Forfar, Scotland. 
Perennial; flowering in May and June. 
3. Fertile spikelets stalked, drooping. 
| Fertile spikelets elongated. 
45. C. sylva'tica, Huds. (Fig. 1427.) Pendulous Wood Cares. 
Barren spikelet solitary, with lanceolate scales ; fertile four, remote ; 
peduncles longer than the sheaths of the leafy bractea; filiform 
slender, drooping, with lax flowers; stigmas three; fruit elliptic, 
triangular, very smooth, with a linear tapered beak, bifid at the apex; 
leaves broadly linear ; root tufted. 
En vish Botany, t. 995.—English Flora, vol. iv. p. 96—Hooker, 
British Flora, ed 4. vol. i. p. 341.—Lindley, Synopsis, p. 287. 
Root fibrous, tufted. Stem ascending, about a foot high, trian- 
gular, smooth, slender, leafy below. Leaves bright green, numerous, 
